The Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill signed by President Biden on December 29, 2022, includes the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which provides protections for employees who request accommodations during pregnancy as well as the PUMP (Providing Urgent Maternal Protections) for Nursing Mothers Act. Under the PWFA, which will go into effect on June 27, 2023, employers […]
January 18, 2023 In a long-awaited decision, the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas denied the State of Ohio’s Motion to Dismiss the EdChoice lawsuit and Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings filed by intervening private school families. This lawsuit, filed in January of 2022 by several Ohio school districts and families, contends that the […]
Effective January 1, 2023, the Ohio-based law firm of Weston Hurd LLP expands its practices with the addition of new Education Law and Labor & Employment attorneys. According to Weston Hurd’s Managing Partner Dan Richards, “We are thrilled to make these extremely talented attorneys part of the Weston Hurd family. We are adding significant depth […]
